Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-24
DICTATOR OR MOB Z
YRAHcE WILL BE RULED BY OLE Oh
THE OTHER.
Opipiors Of q Frenah Konarohist-Tse
Legitimists willing to See Gene
raj Boulanger Dictator.
Herald

recently.
The Baron, tall, military looking
man of about thirty-three years of age,
is OF Irish descent, but has spent most
OF his life in France. He has been for
several years one of the most notable
among the younger journalists Of Paris,
and IS as ready TO punctuate his argu-
mcnts with the sword as with the pen.
That his encounters have not been OF
the trivial character proverbially
attributed to French dnels "a evidenced
by a slight halt in his gait, due to
a pistol-ball in his lett hip. He plies
the severest pen among all the friends
of the monarchy and the Church, and
his biting criticisms Of the Republican
authorities have COt him into hot water
on many occasions. 1t is only a few
wears ago that a decree OF Punishment
from France WAS issued against him,
and this edict has never been revoked.
Nevertheless, havinggot tired Of staying
in Belgium, England, and other uncon-
genial places, he ventured back to
France, at FIRST going to his place in the
country near Paris, and gradually re-
suming his work On LC Iri6OWlct.
THE BARoN's PAPER.
This paper is Enthusiastically severe
upon the enemies OF mOnarchical prln-
ciples, and it has gone to such lengths
of audacity as to become u veritable
thorn in the flesh for the radical poll
ticians of France. Combining the
sharpest kind of writing with the most
pointed and aggrayating style OF pic
torial caricature, it has greater capa-
city to sting than can be welded by
paper depending solely upon its text
tor its effect.
In conversation yesterday with a
Hcr0M reporter the Baron SAID:
1.-The condition of France is very
bad, both politically and financially.
The leaders OF the party in power are
nonentities-Or worse-and the men
back of the leaders are both ignorant
and INSCRIPTIONS. The country is in
a dangerous position, because it cannot
continue in its present course, and yet
there seems no prospect Of change
except for the worse"
"Thon you are not hOpetal of an
early restoration Of the monarchy"
"No, am sorry to say that, SO far
from q tendency toward growth Of
the monarchical party, the tendency IS
the other way. we are making -
new converts, and the old monarchists
are either disguised or Indifferent. In
Departments where we should have
elected our candidates for councillors,
&C., tie Republicans have been sue
ccssful, solely owing to the blunders of
our leaders and the consequent disor-
gani2ation CT cur party
"Whet special negligence o. mis-
t.kes DO you regard as responsible Tor
these and similar defeats? "
TIE ROYAL CLAIMANT.
"Woli, in the first place, We have no
satisfactory leader When the Due de
Chambord died the old-line logitimists
accepted the Comte de Paris as the
heir to the throne with I'll goodwill
and heartiness, although we knew the
character Of the Orleans family to be
vacillatiDg and pleasure-loving. When
the decree Of expulsion against the
princes was executed last May the
Comte de Paris issued an address that
had the right ring 20 it. He wrote it
himself, not only without the assist
ance Of his usual councillors, bat with
out their knowledge, and the hopes OF
the whole Legitimist party revived
wonderfully. But three months later
came the Comics manifesto, published
in tire London Times, inwhich he prac-
tically counselled his adherents to get
along with the republic as hest they
could and let the monarchy come
around in the course of time ii the peo-
pie got tired of the republic. The
| Comte is an honest, well-meaninS man,
who loves his ease and pleasures and
does not aspire to anything more.
He is not ambitious, not even very in
tellieent. and he certainly feels no call
TO sacrifice himself On the altar Of bis
divine right to reign, even for his coun-
try's good. Naturally the effect upon
his party has been most discouraging
The Orleanists have never been men Of
action, and the Old followers Of the Due
de Chambord do not see enough proba-
bility Of reyiying the monarchy to
exert themselves i'll behalf of the pres
ent Eeir."
Then a holder man would have
been more acceptable to the Non
archists?"
"Unquestionably. Why, even
man Of the people, with force and
strength enough 10 free himself from
the domination of the people, would
| be preferable to man who sits down
and waits fer the throne TO come to
him whose chief interest in life is in
! misunderstanding in England, and
who is never heard of except when he
goes to pay visit to his daughter in
Portugal"
VIZ NIGHT Help BOULASCER.
You speak Of q man of the peO-
pie docs that mean Boulanger }"
eyes; Boulanger would serve as well
as any other. Two years ago he was
unheard Of; to-day he is the foremost
power in France. If he wishes to rise
to dictatorship on the scum of Paris
and then scatter that scum so as to give
the nation social and religious liberty
he will not unlikely have at least the
moral support of the Legitimists."
Is his popularity likely to be per-
manent?
"No; he is temporary creation,
and bis fall may be as quick as his rise.
OF course wsr-not likely to hap
pen-would, if successful, crystalline
his support into permanency; or
coup d'ctat might indefinitely extend
his lease of power"
"What is the strength Of the party
or sentiment in favor of war OF re-
venge against Germany ;"
at is not great. Some day a war
viii be unavoidable, but it would be
most dangerous now"
Has the present Government made
any progress toward an agreement with
the Vatican since the appointment OF
the Papal Legate to China"
mo; the present Government ex-
lists from hand to mouth. Ii would not
Joxo - I~ooI, u,boll,, ,ri4h tho Vatican